Teapot with Supple Spout

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a teapot with supple spout, including a teapot body, a supple spout, and a lid. Through assembling a supple spout onto a teapot body, a classical teapot will have a spout not easily chipped or broken. Besides, the teapot according to this application comprises a design at the upper and the lower parts of the teapot body, so that the teapots can be stacked up for saving space.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally relates to a teapot, and more particularly, to a teapot with a supple spout.

2. Description of the Prior Art

“Drinking tea” is not only an activity for leisure time, but also a good habit for people healthy. For drinking tea, it is important to select proper tea leaf and tea set. Tea pot is an important member of tea set. Traditionally, tea pot is made of pottery, porcelain, glass.

Basically, teapot includes a teapot body, a handle, a spout, and a lid. Because the spout is made from break-able material, the spout is easily been chipped or broken during use. A chipped/broken spout will cause that the tea pot cannot be used anymore and even that the chipped/broken spout may be hurt the user. Therefore, it is important to produce a tea pot with a pout that is not easily chipped/broken.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the present invention, a teapot with supple spout is provided for avoiding the risk of chipping or breaking the spout of the teapot.

It is another object of this invention to provide a teapot with supple spout a lid that is easy open-close.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a teapot with supple spout with special designs at the top part and the bottom part so that the teapot with supple spouts according to this application can be stacked up.

It is still another object of this invention to provide to a teapot with supple spout with a fine tea infuser so that it is easy to control tea steeping time.

The present invention discloses a teapot with supple spout, including a teapot body, a supple spout, a teapot handle, and a lid. The supple spout is assembled onto the teapot body. The supple spout is not made in a break-able material, so that user will not worry about the spout chipped or broken during using the teapot.

Therefore, in accordance with the previous summary, objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent to one skilled in the art from the subsequent description and the appended claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings incorporated in and forming a part of the specification illustrate several aspects of the present invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating one preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a construction diagram illustrating one preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top-view diagram illustrating one preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are cross-section diagrams of the A-A hatch in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4A is a cross-section diagram of the A-A hatch in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4B is a construction diagram of the assembled spout part 400 in FIG. 4A; and

FIG. 5 is a diagram depicting the stacking up teapots of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Some embodiments of the invention will now be described in greater detail. However, it should be noted that the present invention can be practiced in a wide range of other embodiments besides those explicitly described, and the scope of the present invention is expressly not limited except as specified in the accompanying claims. Moreover, some irrelevant details are not drawn in order to make the illustrations concise and to provide a clear description for easily understanding the present invention.

One preferred embodiment according to this invention is a teapot with supple spout. FIG. 1A is an outward diagram of a teapot with supple spout according to this embodiment. FIG. 1B is a construction diagram of the teapot with supple spout. FIG. 2 is a top-view diagram of the teapot with supple spout. FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are cross-section diagrams of the A-A hatch in FIG. 2. FIG. 4A is a cross-section diagram of the A-A hatch in FIG. 2. FIG. 4B is a construction diagram of the assembled spout part 400 in FIG. 4A. FIG. 5 is a diagram depicting the stacking up teapots of the teapot with supple spout.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a teapot with supple spout 100 comprises a teapot body 110, lid 120, supple spout 140, and a spout fastening set 150. The teapot body 110 can be made of pottery, porcelain, glass, or other well-known material for teapot. The supple spout 140 is made of silicon, or other well-known soft material which is hot-stable and will not release poisonous substance during used. After positioned the supple spout 140 to the teapot body 110, the supple spout 140 can be fastened with the spout fastening set 150.

Referred to FIG. 1B, the teapot body 110 comprises a teapot handle, a first opening 116 located at one side opposite to the teapot handle, a second opening 114 located at the top side of the teapot body, and a third opening 112 located between the teapot handle and the second opening 114. The supple spout 140 comprises a spout part, an extending part 142, and a block part 144, wherein the extending part 142 connects the spout part and the block part 144. The supple spout 140 is positioned to the teapot body 110 by passing the extending part 142 and the block part 144 through the first opening 116 on the teapot body 110. The area of the block part 114 is larger than the first opening 116. The supple spout 140 further comprises a tunnel inside the spout part, extending part 142, and the block part 144 for pouring tea out from the teapot body 110.

Referred to FIG. 1B, FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4B, the spout fastening set 150 comprises a first fastening element 152, and a second fastening element 156. The first fastening element 152 comprises a plane part and a hollow tube part, wherein the hollow tube part is connected with the plane part, and there is a tunnel through the plane part and the hollow tube part, as shown in FIG. 1B. After positioned the supple spout 140 to the teapot body 110, the hollow tube part of the first fastening element 152 is passed through the extending part 142 and the block part 144 of the supple spout 140. The hollow tube part comprises a dented part 1522 near the end far from the plane part. The second fastening element 152 can be engaged with the dented part 1522, so that the plane part of the first fastening element 152 and the second fastening element 156 can be used to fasten the supple spout 140 onto the teapot body 110. In one preferred example of this embodiment, the spout fastening set 150 can further comprises a washer 154. Before engaging the second fastening element 156 to the dented part 1522, the washer 154 is slipped through by the hollow tube part of the first fastening element 152. The supple spout 140 will be efficiently fastened onto the teapot body 110 by employed the washer 154 between the block part 144 and the second fastening element 156, as shown in FIG. 4B. The materials of the mentioned first fastening element 152, washer 154, and the second fastening element 156 are individually selected from stainless-steel, or other metal/alloy well-known by the skilled in the art.

Referred to FIG. 1B, the teapot with supple spout 100 further comprises an infuser 130. The infuser 130 comprises a filtering part and a handle part positioned on the upper of the infuser 130. The handle part is connected with the filtering part by the upper portion of the filtering part. The mentioned filtering part can be passed through the second opening 114 to enter the inside of the teapot body 110, and the mentioned handle part of the infuser 130 is on the teapot body 110, so that an user can easily take the infuser 130 out from the teapot body 110. The mentioned infuser 130 is made of stainless-steel, or other metal/alloy well-known by the skilled in the art.

Referred to FIG. 1B, FIG. 3A, and FIG. 3B, the lid 120 comprises a set of flexible element 122. After passing the flexible elements 122 through the third opening 112, the flexible elements can be bended as the directions shown in FIG. 3A. The bended portion 122A of the flexible elements 122, as shown in FIG. 3B, can be used to fasten the lid 120 onto the teapot body 110. The area of the lid 120 is larger than the second opening 114. The lid 120 further comprises a bended part as shown in FIG. 1A. When user presses down the mentioned bended part of the lid 120 toward the teapot handle, the lid 120 will be lifted up from the teapot body 110. In other words, this embodiment provides a design of an easy open-close lid by one-touch. The material of the lid 120 and the flexible elements 122 are selected from stainless-steel, or other well-known metal/alloy materials.

Referred to FIG. 5, the teapot body 110 further comprises a bottom part 1182, and a protruding part 118 around the second opening 114 of the teapot body 110. As shown in FIG. 5, the space surrounded by the protruding part 118 is enough to accommodate the bottom part 1182 of another teapot with supple spout 100 according to this embodiment. So that the teapot with supple spout according to this embodiment can be stacked up while collecting for saving space.

To sum up the foregoing, this application provides a teapot with supple spout. Through assembling a supple spout to a teapot body of a teapot, the teapot will have a spout that is not easily chipped or broken. Besides, the assembling according to this application has a design of the bended part as the above-mentioned, so that user can easily open-close the lid though one-touch. Additionally, the protruding part and the bottom part of the teapot body make the teapot of this application stackable, so that the teapot according to this application will be collected easier and occupy less space while colleting than the traditional teapot. Therefore, this application provides a teapot with more safety and more convenience on operating and collecting.

It is understood that several modifications, changes, and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosure and in some instances some features of the invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the invention. 

1. A teapot with supple spout, comprising: a teapot body, comprising a teapot handle, a first opening located at one side opposite to the teapot handle, a second opening located at the top side of the teapot body, and a third opening located between the teapot handle and the second opening; a supple spout, comprising a spout part, an extending part connected with the spout part, a block part connected with the extending part, and a tunnel through the spout part, the extending part, and the block part, wherein the extending part and the block part are passed through the first opening for positioning the supple spout onto the teapot body; and a lid for covering the second opening, wherein the lid comprises a set of flexible fastening element, wherein the flexible fastening element(s) is/are passed through the third opening and bended to fasten the lid onto the teapot body, wherein the area of the lid is larger than the second opening.
 2. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, further comprises an infuser, wherein the infuser comprises a filtering part and a handle part, wherein the handle part is connected with the filtering part by the upper portion of the filtering part.
 3. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, further comprises a spout fastening set, the spout fastening set comprises a first fastening element and a second fastening element, wherein the first fastening element comprises a plane part, a hollow tube part connected with the plane part, and a dented part on one end far from the plane part of the hollow tube part, wherein the hollow tube part is passed through the extending part and the block into the inside space of the teapot body and the second fastening element is engaged with the first fastening element by the dented part to fasten the supple spout, wherein the spout fastening set further comprises a tunnel through the plane part, and the hollow tube part.
 4. The teapot with supple spout of claim 3, wherein said spout fastening set further comprises washer positioned between the second fastening element and the block part of the supple spout.
 5. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, wherein said teapot body further comprises a bottom part, and a protruding part around the second opening, wherein the space surrounded by the protruding part is enough to accommodate the bottom part of another teapot with supple spout.
 6. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, wherein the material of said teapot body is selected from pottery, porcelain, or glass.
 7. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, wherein said supple spout is made of silicon.
 8. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, wherein said lid is made of stainless-steel.
 9. The teapot with supple spout of claim 1, wherein said spout fastening set is made of stainless-steel.
 10. The teapot with supple spout of claim 2, wherein said infuser is made of stainless-steel. 